A seesaw-structured energy harvester with superwide bandwidth for TPMS application

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1514-1522

  Wu, Xuan ^a   Parmar, Mitesh ^a   Lee, Dong Weon ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Centrifugal force; energy harvesting; polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF); seesaw structure; tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; LOAD TESTING;

BALANCE CHARACTERISTICS; CENTRIFUGAL FORCES; ENERGY HARVESTER; PEAK OUTPUT POWER; PERFORMANCE TESTING; POLYVINYLIDENE DIFLUORIDE; ROTATING FREQUENCIES; TIRE-PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEMS;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 84901430077     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2013.2286637     Document Type: Article

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